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Petition of Citizens of Wise County
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This petition, dated December 5, 1856, is addressed to Kansas Gov. John W. Geary and is signed by C. Columbia, Esq., on behalf of 20 families of recent settlers to Wise County, Kansas. Columbia claims that the families staked their claims based on a map that showed the nearest Indian reservation 25 miles away. John Montgomery, Indian Agent, recently informed the families that their land belonged to the Kansas Indian Agency and ordered them to leave within three days. Columbia asks Geary to stay Montgomery’s proceedings, “until the circumstances of the case may be inquired into, and determined in a just and lawful manner.”
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Object Type
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Petition
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Date
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December 5, 1856
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Rescue of Jacob Branson, 1855
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Woodcut depicting the rescue of Free-Stater Jacob Branson following his arrest for threats made to Franklin Coleman. A skirmish broke out in the Wakarusa River Valley near Lawrence, Kansas, following the murder of Charles Dow, a Free-State settler who was killed by the proslavery Franklin Coleman. While the murder was not about politics, the resulting political unrest led Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J. Jones to raise a militia and place Lawrence under siege. The "war" claimed one more victim, a Free-Stater named Thomas Barber.
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Image
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Date
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1855
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From Mary Savage to Dear Mother and Sister
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Mary Savage writes a letter to her mother and sister on October 10 and 12, 1863, describing Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence. She writes of the “fiendish pleasure” the attackers took in “witnessing the death agonies of our best citizens Murdered in cold blood.” She mentions helping soldiers and taking care of her minister’s family after their house was burned down in the raid. Mary says she fears an imminent guerrilla attack and tells her family, “we live in a state of constant excitement . . . our citizens are all armed . . . but their mode of warfare is so treacherous that we cannot have a fair fight.”
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Date
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October 10, 1863-October 12, 1863
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Examination of Thomas S. Dabney
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Description
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This is Thomas S. Dabney's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Dabney, a 54-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, originally from Virginia, states that during the Civil War, he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government by "fulfilling all my duties to the best of my ability and skill." The oath, No. 4 in a bound volume, was signed by Dabney in 1866.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Examination of J.T.V. Thompson
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Description
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This is an unsigned Oath of Loyalty to the United States, No. 5 in a bound volume of oaths taken in 1866-1888 by Clay County, Missouri voters. The document bears the name of J.T.V. Thompson, a resident of Liberty, Missouri.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Title
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Battle of Missionary Ridge
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Description
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Kurz & Allison lithograph of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, which occurred on November 23-25, 1863, near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Image
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Thomas Hart Benton
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Description
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Portrait of Missouri political figure, Thomas Hart Benton, by Ferdinand Thomas Lee Boyle, circa 1861.
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Image
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From O.C. Stewart to John W. Geary
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O.C. Stewart, mayor of Lecompton, Kansas, writes a letter to Gov. John W. Geary on October 11, 1856. Stewart asks Geary to send troops to Lecompton to seize an illegal supply of liquor that someone has been selling to soldiers.
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Date
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October 11, 1856
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Title
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Examination of Mulford Rose
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Description
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This is Mulford Rose's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Rose, a 35-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he was born in Pennsylvania and that he served in the militia in Kansas during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 33 in a bound volume, was signed by Rose in 1866.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Examination of William A. Morton
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Description
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This is William A. Morton's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Morton, a 54-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 24 years and served in the U.S. army during the war. He also says he used his influence "to prevent persons going into rebellion." The oath is No. 196 in a bound volume.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Title
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From Frederick Starr to Dear Father & All the Others
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Description
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On November 29, 1854, Frederick Starr writes to "Dear Father & all the others.” Starr describes attending a meeting of the Platte County, Missouri Self Defensive Association “in order to clear my character.” Starr recounts that Mr. Vineyard accused him of interfering with local slave owners and teaching at a school for slaves. In his defense, Starr explains how this small school came to be established, naming each of his students and the masters who permitted them to attend. Starr notes that the school was discontinued after “there was some disturbance attempted through the papers.”
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Date
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November 29, 1854
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Examination of Henry Weber
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Description
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This is Henry Weber's Oath of Loyalty to the United States, signed October 13, 1866. Weber, a 39-year-old native of Switzerland, states that he has resided in Missouri for 22 years and served in the militia for 16 months during the war. The oath is No. 163 in a bound volume.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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October 13, 1866
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Examination of Thomas Field
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This is Thomas Field's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Field, a 52-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, originally from Kentucky, states that during the Civil War he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government by "staying at home." The oath, No. 11 in a bound volume, was signed by Field in 1866.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Business Permits
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These four business permits were issued on October 12, 21, and 22, 1864 by Col. R.N. Hershfield. Hershfield grants permission to four different citizens to produce beer for the Army, to run a ferry boat, to keep a shop open, and to continue operating a millinery establishment.
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Date
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October 12, 1864 and October 21, 1864-October 22, 1864
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Title
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Another Abolition Outrage
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The St. Louis Daily Bulletin printed this article on December 11, 1860, announcing that a party of abolitionists tried to steal forty slaves from Morgan Walker in Independence, Missouri. J.H. McMurray, author of the article, writes: "Walker told them to take the negroes, and commenced shooting. One of the gang fell dead on the steps; one was taken prisoner, and the messenger thought two others were killed."
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Date
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December 11, 1860
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Title
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Slave Bill of Sale
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Description
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This slave bill of sale, dated 1861, was drafted in Marion County, Missouri by Cleopatra Frazier. Frazier attests that she sold a female slave named Margaret and her daughter named Mary Jane to Isaac R. Campbell. Campbell paid $300 for both of the slaves.
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Object Type
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Legal Document
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Date
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1861
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Title
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Correspondence of the Kansas Territory Executive Department
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Description
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These documents, dated between 1855 and 1856, relate to the organization and administration of the Kansas Territorial Militia, Southern Division. The documents address officer appointments, military commissions, arms requisitions, and company requests to be mustered out of service. Included among the correspondence are several letters written by Capt. John Donaldson, Company A, 2nd Regiment Infantry, to Gov. Geary regarding criminal charges brought against him.
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Date
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1855-1856
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